Acts 8:26-40 - Great Commission in motion

Obedience to the Great Commission

The order: ;

The order

To whom was the Great Commission directed to? The audience of (how many?) and (how many?) Disciples only?

Matthew 28:18–19 KJV 1900

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Matthew 28:19 KJV 1900

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Acts 1:8 ESV

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8 KJV 1900

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

THE GREAT COMMISSION IN MOTION

Faithlife Study Bible Introduction to Acts

Acts shows what it means to be part of Jesus’ mission to the world. The apostles set the example of what it means to be fully devoted to Christ and enveloped by the Holy Spirit.

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Acts 8:1 ESV

And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:4 ESV

Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem - Act

Judaea

Samaria

uttermost part of the earth - .

Author

Faithlife Study Bible Introduction to Acts

Acts shows what it means to be part of Jesus’ mission to the world. The apostles set the example of what it means to be fully devoted to Christ and enveloped by the Holy Spirit.

Luke - According to early church tradition, the author of Acts is Luke the physician, who traveled with the Apostle Paul (; ; ). The Gospel of Luke is also ascribed to him; this makes Acts his second volume about the story of early Christianity

to Theophilus - ... who might have provided financial support for Luke to write both books (; )

- ... who might have provided financial support for Luke to write both books (; )

(Faithlife Study Bible)

Luke to Theophiolus

Background

Great Commission by Christ to His church

Focus: The proclamation of the Gospel

Context

Gospel of Luke - From Nazareth to Jerusalem

From Nazareth to Jerusalem

Acts - 28 Chapters - From Jerusalem to Rome (center of the empire)

Faithlife Study Bible Introduction to Acts

Outline

• The church in Jerusalem (1:1–8:3)

• The church in Judaea and Samaria (8:4–12:25)

• Paul’s missions to the Gentiles (13:1–21:16)

• Paul in Jerusalem (21:17–26:32)

• Paul’s journey to Rome (27:1–28:31)

Chap. 1 - Ascention/ Matias

Chap. 2 - Pentecost

Chap. 3 - Peter and John (P&J) at the temple/ God healed the lame man/ Peter preaches repentance and faith in Christ.

Chap. 4 - Negative reaction of the priest, captain of the temple/ Sadducees/ 5000 believed/ P&J answered and preached to the authorities that questioned them/ P&J were forbiden to preach, refuse to obey it/ God gave them the fullfilnment with the Holy Spirit, with boldness/ They distributed their resources with one another.

Chap 5 - Ananias and Sapphira/ Fear within the church/ faith and healing/ Prison of the apostles/ God free them through angel/ They keep obeying God, and not man.

Chap 6.

Chap 7.

Chap 8.

Text

the angel of the Lord

Philip

from Jerusalem unto Gaza

a man of Ethiopia

The Spirit

prophet Esaias

One Message - The Gospel

Unchangeble in its content

Unchengeble in its content

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1 Corinthians 15:3–4 ESV

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Life-changing in its results

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Messenger

Philip

Recipients

a man of Ethiopia